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<div style="position:absolute;top:200;left:295">The Net Tender</div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:289;left:295">Newsletter of St. Andrew &amp; St. John Episcopal Church </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:328;left:693">May 2011 </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:368;left:352"><b>EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 24</b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:370;left:750"><b>th</b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:666;left:604">Ruth Grierson and Susannah Jones </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:740;left:350">Our beautiful altar </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1003;left:358">Chloe Hatcher and Susan Buell </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1017;left:648">Nicole Carreno, Joan Bromage,  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1034;left:696">Gracie Carreno </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1132;left:38">Ann Benson and Mary Mitchell</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1273;left:293">Scott and Rina Grierson and children </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1267;left:639">Ezra Halkett and Fred Benson</div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:1421;left:58"><b>SR WARDEN’S MUSINGS </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:1453;left:58">I will confess at the start that there is not much I like </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1473;left:58">about David Brook’s column in the New York Times, </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1494;left:58">and even less that I usually agree with. He often seems </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1515;left:58">to take his topics from his political party’s morning </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1535;left:58">feed, parroting received “wisdom.” I find he uses his </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1556;left:58">sociological cookie-cutter too freely; dividing people </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1577;left:58">up into phony and specious categories often based on </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1598;left:58">their spending patterns and residential zip-codes, and </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1618;left:58">then implying that public policy should be based upon </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1639;left:58">those distinctions. Brooks should have gone into mar-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1660;left:58">keting, not journalism, to my mind. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1691;left:58">That said, he wrote a fascinating column last Thurs-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1711;left:58">day, April 21  Maundy Thursday, about what is </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1732;left:58">sturdy and substantive about theological inquiry and </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1753;left:58">religious faith. (<font color="#0000ff" face="Times"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/22/" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/<WBR>04/22/</a></font></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:1773;left:58">opinion/22brooks.html?ref=<WBR>davidbrooks <font color="#000000" face="Times">) And I </font></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:1794;left:58">agreed with much of what he wrote.  Brooks takes to </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1815;left:58">task a kind of mushy, “I’m OK; You’re OK” approach </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1835;left:58">to religion that eschews any serious engagement that </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1856;left:58">God genuinely might call us to participate in.  He</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1877;left:58">wrote: </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1898;left:84">“Rigorous theology provides believers with a </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1918;left:84">map of reality. These maps may seem dry and </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1939;left:84">schematic — most maps do compared with </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1960;left:84">reality — but they contain the accumulated </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1980;left:84">wisdom of thousands of co-believers who </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2001;left:84">through the centuries have faced similar jour-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2022;left:84">neys and trials. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2042;left:84">“Rigorous theology helps people avoid mind-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2063;left:84">less conformity. Without timeless rules, we all </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2084;left:84">have a tendency to be swept up in the temper </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2105;left:84">of the moment. But tough-minded theologies </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2125;left:84">are countercultural. They insist on principles </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2146;left:84">and practices that provide an antidote to mere </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2167;left:84">fashion.” </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2187;left:84">“Rigorous theology delves into mysteries in </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2208;left:84">ways that are beyond most of us. For example, </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2229;left:84">in her essay, ‘Creed or Chaos,’ Dorothy </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2249;left:84">Sayers argues that Christianity’s advantage is </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2270;left:84">that it gives value to evil and suffering. Chris-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2291;left:84">tianity asserts that ‘perfection is attained </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2312;left:84">through the active and positive effort to </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2332;left:84">wrench real good out of a real evil.’ This is a </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2353;left:84">complicated thought most of us could not </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2374;left:84">come up with (let alone unpack) outside of a </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2394;left:84">rigorous theological tradition.” </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2425;left:58">By now most of you may be scratching your head, </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2446;left:58">thinking isn’t this guy Fletcher the same person who </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2467;left:58">wrote last month that a common liturgy can unite a </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1422;left:463">community and paper over disputes in the face un-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1443;left:463">knowable answers to intractable theological ques-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1463;left:463">tions? How can he have it both ways? Yes, to the first </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1484;left:463">question. “Yes and no” to the second question. I will </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1505;left:463">confess that I am skeptical of human efforts to rest on </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1525;left:463">“definite [] convictions about what is True and </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1546;left:463">False,” (Brooks). That, however, does not mean I do </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1567;left:463">not agree that a meaningful life requires a searching </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1588;left:463">inquiry for those answers, that scriptures does not pro-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1608;left:463">vide definite answers, and that a spiritual and religious </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1629;left:463">life often is arduous in practice and destabilizing of </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1650;left:463">personal convictions and life choices. Moreover, litur-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1670;left:463">gical practice is first and foremost theological procla-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1691;left:463">mation.  The context and spiritual generosity with </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1712;left:463">which ones enters that inquiry, however, can be all </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1732;left:463">important to the provisional answers that one reaches. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1763;left:463">In the coming month of May, there will be a forum</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1784;left:463">focusing on the Nicene Creed and other opportunities </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1805;left:463">to examine the central articles of our faith.  I think the </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1826;left:463">key piece is that these inquiries take place in substan-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1846;left:463">tial part in a community where there is give-and-take, </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1867;left:463">there is genuine listening to opposing or alternative </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1888;left:463">points of view, and a desire to meet one another where </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1908;left:463">they are, just as Jesus did with those whom he encoun-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1929;left:463">tered. Finally, we live in a time of frenetic stimulation </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1950;left:463">and bombardment of images and information, and that </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1970;left:463">distraction often is not helpful to the kind of theologi-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1991;left:463">cal reflection Brooks celebrates. To my knowledge, </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2012;left:463">God has not written an “app” for the i-phone  yet. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2043;left:463">May your Easter journey be filled with mystery, joy, </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2064;left:463">and small discoveries. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2084;left:463">Ted Fletcher </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:2124;left:473"><b>COMMUNITY CONNECTION </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:2154;left:464">• </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:2153;left:483">Am a first generation American on my Father&#39;s</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2174;left:483">side.  My Father immigrated from England. </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:2195;left:483">Attended first grade in St. Saviour&#39;s Parish Hall  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2215;left:483">because Conner&#39;s Emerson wasn&#39;t ready for stu-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2236;left:483">dents yet. </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:2258;left:464">• </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:2257;left:483">In my family we named our pets after our Uncles. </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:2278;left:464">• </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:2277;left:483">When I was a kid tickets for a movie at the Crite-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2298;left:483">rion Theater were 18 cents. </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:2319;left:483">Went to a Brooklyn Dodger game at Ebbet&#39;s Field. </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:2341;left:464">• </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:2340;left:483">Worked in the Fannie Farmer candy factory in </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:2381;left:483">Apprenticed to the Dunlap potters. Sue Dunlap   </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2402;left:483">created St. John&#39;s stain glass window of St. John. </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:2423;left:464">• </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:2422;left:483">Live in my own owner designed and built house. </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:2442;left:588"><b>WHO AM I? </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:3527;left:59"><b>THANK YOU ALL </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:3559;left:74">for the many ways you supported our family during John&#39;s surgery and hospitalization.  We are very thank-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3579;left:59">ful for the cards, phone calls, visits, emails, rides, and yummy meals. While John was in the hospital in Bos-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3600;left:59">ton, I felt as though you  stepped right through the phone or the computer to sit with me.  We were surrounded </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3621;left:59">by your good thoughts, encouragement, energy and prayers.   We are very grateful. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3641;left:59">Susan Covino Buell </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:2609;left:58"><b>THE GREEN THING </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:2615;left:346"><b>- remember way back when. </b>. .  </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:2641;left:58">In the line at the store, the cashier told the older woman that plastic bags weren&#39;t good for the environment. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2661;left:58">The woman apologized to her and explained, “We didn&#39;t have the green thing back in my day.” </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2692;left:58">That&#39;s right; they didn&#39;t have the green thing in her day. Back then, they returned their milk bottles, Coke bot-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2713;left:58">tles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2734;left:58">using the same bottles over and over. So they really were recycled. But they didn&#39;t have the green thing back in </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2754;left:58">her day. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2786;left:58">In her day, they walked up stairs, because they didn&#39;t have an escalator in every store and office building. They </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2806;left:58">walked to the grocery store and didn&#39;t climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time they had to go two </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2827;left:58">blocks. But she&#39;s right. They didn&#39;t have the green thing in her day. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2858;left:58">Back then, they washed the baby&#39;s diapers </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2858;left:495">because they didn&#39;t have the throw-away kind. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2879;left:58">They dried clothes on a line, not in an   </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2879;left:520">energy gobbling machine burning up 220 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2899;left:58">volts.  Wind and solar power really did </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2899;left:519">dry the clothes. Kids got hand-me-down </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2920;left:58">clothes from their brothers or sisters, </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2920;left:530">not always brand-new clothing. But that old </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2941;left:58">lady is right; they didn&#39;t have the </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2941;left:542">green thing back in her day. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2972;left:58">Back then, they had one TV or   </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2972;left:555">radio in the house, not a TV in every </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2993;left:58">room.  And the TV had a small </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2993;left:555">screen the size of a pizza dish, not a </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3013;left:58">screen the size of the state of      </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3013;left:545">Montana. In the kitchen, they blended and </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3034;left:58">stirred by hand because they didn&#39;t </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3034;left:533">have electric machines to do everything for </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3055;left:58">you. When they packaged a fragile item</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3055;left:522">to send in the mail, they used wadded up </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3075;left:58">newspaper to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3106;left:58">Back then, they didn&#39;t fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn. They used a push mower that </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3127;left:58">ran on human power. They exercised by working so they didn&#39;t need to go to a health club to run on treadmills </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3148;left:58">that operate on electricity. But she&#39;s right; they didn&#39;t have the green thing back then. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3179;left:58">They drank from a fountain when they were thirsty, instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time they </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3199;left:58">had a drink of water. They refilled pens with ink, instead of buying a new pen. They replaced the blades     </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3220;left:58">instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull. But they didn&#39;t have the green thing </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3241;left:58">back then. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3272;left:58">Back then, people took the streetcar and kids rode their bikes to school or rode the school bus, instead of turn-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3293;left:58">ing their moms into a 24-hour taxi Service. They had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3313;left:58">sockets to power a dozen appliances. And they didn&#39;t need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3334;left:58">from satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest pizza joint. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3365;left:58">But that old lady is right. They didn&#39;t have the green thing back in her Day. OMG that was MY day too! </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3406;left:58">P. S.  Don’t forget the WW II years when we recycled EVERYTHING, food and clothing and gasoline and </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3427;left:58">tires were rationed, so we didn’t go anywhere (shoes were rationed, too), and we were proud of ourselves and </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3448;left:58">our country and most of us were healthier and happier than kids are today.  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3479;left:58">Submitted by Patsy Fogarty</div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:3797;left:58"><b>DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE</b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:3829;left:58">The committee has been meeting bi-weekly for the past two months with architect and builder Todd Hardy to </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3849;left:58">develop the building design. The lively discussion and creativity involved in fully developing the design is the </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3870;left:58">fun part; navigating the required codes, ordinances, reviews, and permits can be challenging. We are sharing </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3891;left:58">our progress with the Vestry as we proceed and will have updated drawings to show the full congregation in </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3911;left:58">the near future.   </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3932;left:58">Jim Vekasi, Chair </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:3973;left:58"><b>TREASURER’S REPORT</b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:4004;left:58">As of the end of the first quarter, we are within budget with no serious concerns to report.  Personnel expenses </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4025;left:58">show savings as we budgeted for higher clergy costs to retain flexibility in our upcoming decisions.   </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4056;left:58">Please remember the Blessings Fund as you find reason for shared celebration.   </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4076;left:58">Jim Vekasi, Treasurer </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:4379;left:63"><b>Net Income</b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4143;left:144"><b>Income</b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4256;left:144"><b>Total Income</b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4271;left:144"><b>Expense</b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4364;left:144"><b>Total Expense</b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4159;left:266"><b>4010 · Contributions - Pledges</b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4176;left:266"><b>4020 · Non-Pledged Donations</b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4192;left:266"><b>4025 · Blessings Fund</b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4209;left:266"><b>4050 · Investment Income to Operations</b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4224;left:266"><b>5800 · Fundraising</b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4240;left:266"><b>4100 · Dedicated Gifts</b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4287;left:266"><b>7100 · Outreach</b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4303;left:266"><b>7200 · Personnel</b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4318;left:266"><b>8000 · Other Expenses</b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4333;left:266"><b>8200 · Facility Operations</b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4349;left:266"><b>8650 · Assessments - Diocese of Maine</b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4126;left:527"><b>Jan - Mar 11</b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4157;left:564">15,890.00</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4172;left:570">1,481.00</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4190;left:579">250.00</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4206;left:579">859.83</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4221;left:585">94.00</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4238;left:579">333.90</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4253;left:564">18,908.73</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4284;left:570">1,232.36</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4299;left:564">20,656.08</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4314;left:570">1,030.65</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4329;left:570">4,688.74</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4345;left:570">6,401.76</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4360;left:564">34,009.59</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4378;left:560"><b>-15,100.86</b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4126;left:642"><b>Budget</b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4157;left:643">14,175.00</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4173;left:649">2,200.00</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4190;left:649">1,200.00</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4206;left:658">675.00</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4221;left:658">500.00</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4238;left:649">1,100.00</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4253;left:643">19,850.00</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4284;left:649">1,100.00</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4299;left:643">27,432.05</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4314;left:649">1,029.00</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4329;left:649">6,086.00</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4345;left:649">6,402.00</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4360;left:643">42,049.05</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4378;left:639"><b>-22,199.05</b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4126;left:710"><b>$ Over Budget</b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4157;left:745">1,715.00</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4172;left:750">-719.00</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4190;left:750">-950.00</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4206;left:754">184.83</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4221;left:750">-406.00</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4238;left:750">-766.10</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4253;left:750">-941.27</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4284;left:754">132.36</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4299;left:741">-6,775.97</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4314;left:766">1.65</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4329;left:741">-1,397.26</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4345;left:762">-0.24</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4360;left:741">-8,039.46</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4378;left:745"><b>7,098.19</b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:4398;left:58"><b>ANNUAL GARAGE and ESTATE SALE  </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:4434;left:58"><b>Friday and Saturday, June 10</b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:4434;left:363"><b>and 11</b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:4430;left:426"><b>th </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:4455;left:58">We welcome your donations of “goodies” and “estate” items for this event.  Some of the items may also be </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4476;left:58">transferred to either the Silent Auction, Antiques, or Treasure Trove Table booths at the Quietside Fair on July </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4497;left:58">16</div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:4494;left:76">th</div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:4497;left:85">.  We are looking for items that others may value.  Items that are not worth buying should be disposed of </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4517;left:58">elsewhere – clean up and disposal of such items has been a problem in the past.  If you have items to offer or </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4538;left:58">be picked up please leave word with Michele at church (244-3229) or Mary Mitchell (244-9951).  We look </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4559;left:58">forward to your help or being there to acquire some of this treasure.  </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:4597;left:663"><b>WHO AM I? </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:4834;left:699">Ellen Gilmore </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:4587;left:58"><b>QUIETSIDE FAIR @ St. John’s  </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:4618;left:58"><b>Saturday, July 16</b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:4646;left:58">Once again our Quietside Fair will be held in conjunction with Harbor House’s </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4666;left:58">Flamingo Festival on July 16</div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:4666;left:277">.  <b>An important organizational meeting for </b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4691;left:58"><b>those in charge of the various booth’s will be held on Saturday, May 7</b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:4691;left:611"><b>at </b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4711;left:58"><b>8:30 in the Undercroft. </b>Any interested parishioners are invited to attend and </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4728;left:58">contribute.  This affair begins in earnest after the Flamingo Parade and runs  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4749;left:58">until 3 p.m.  Once again a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Han-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4770;left:58">cock County Medical Mission in Ecuador.  We look forward to your involve-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4791;left:58">ment and hopefully you’ll include a neighbor two, in this major church fund-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4811;left:58">raiser.  Contact Mary Mitchell (244-9951) with your thoughts, questions or </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4832;left:58">willingness to pitch in. </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:5029;left:228"><b>WORSHIP SCHEDULE FOR MAY </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:5075;left:334"><b>Second Sunday of Easter, May 1 </b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5092;left:277">8:00 and 10:00 a.m.—Holy Eucharist at St. John’s </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5112;left:249">Psalm 16; Acts 2:14a, 22-32; 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 20:19-31 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5133;left:348">The Rev. Emily Blair Stribling </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5158;left:339"><b>Third Sunday of Easter, May 8 </b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5174;left:277">8:00 and 10:00 a.m.—Holy Eucharist at St. John’s </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5195;left:194">Psalm 116:1-3, 10-17; Acts 2:14a, 36-41; 1 Peter 1:17-23; Luke 24:13-35 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5216;left:348">The Rev. Emily Blair Stribling </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5240;left:330"><b>Fourth Sunday of Easter, May 15 </b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5257;left:277">8:00 and 10:00 a.m.—Holy Eucharist at St. John’s </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5278;left:262">Psalm 23; Acts 2:42-47; 1 Peter 2:19-25; John 10:1-10 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5299;left:348">The Rev. Emily Blair Stribling </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5323;left:338"><b>Fifth Sunday of Easter, May 22</b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5340;left:277">8:00 and 10:00 a.m.—Holy Eucharist at St. John’s </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5361;left:226">Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16; Acts 7:55-60; 1 Peter 2:2-10; John 14:1-14 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5385;left:337"><b>Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 29</b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5402;left:277">8:00 and 10:00 a.m.—Holy Eucharist at St. John’s </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5423;left:234">Psalm 66:7-18; Acts 17:22-31; 1 Peter 3:13-22; John 14:15-21 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5443;left:348">The Rev. Emily Blair Stribling </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5488;left:311"><b>Thursdays: </b>12:30 p.m.—Holy Eucharist  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5505;left:298">(a service that offers healing and hope to all) </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:5550;left:313"><b>9:00 Sunday Forums </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:5581;left:212">May 1 — <i>The Peace Corps at 50: Margot in Ghana, </i>Margot Haertel </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:5602;left:340">May 8 —  <b>PARISH MEETING</b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5622;left:189">May 15 — <i>Making Sense of the Nicene Creed, </i>Floy Ervin and Dean Henry </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5643;left:173">May 22 — <i>Faithful Action: the Mission of the Seacoast Mission, </i>Scott Planting </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5664;left:400">May 29 — TBA </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:5755;left:58"><b>THANK YOU FROM  </b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5786;left:58"><b>ST. ELIZABETH’S ESSENTIALS PANTRY </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:5817;left:58">As always, thanks for keeping our little basket filled.  Now that most of the snow and ice are gone, more of </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5838;left:58">you have been traveling and it shows!  Recently we received this lovely thank you note from Gretchen Lane, a </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5858;left:58">volunteer at the Pantry (also the wife of our Bishop) – </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5893;left:58"><i>Dear people of St. Andrew &amp; St. John, </i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5914;left:58"><i>Thank you so much for the two boxes of toiletries you donated to St. Elizabeth’s Essential Pantry.  Last Tues-</i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5934;left:58"><i>day we had a group of 6</i></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:5934;left:247"><i>graders from Falmouth Schools at the Pantry and some of them divided the toiletries </i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5955;left:58"><i>into individual bags that will be handed out to our clients this Tuesday. </i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5976;left:58"><i>It is through the thoughtfulness of people such as you that we are able to continue taking Christ’s message into </i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5997;left:58"><i>the world by helping people with so many needs.  We thank you all for your support of this mission.</i></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:6203;left:140">Birthdays </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:6255;left:203"><b>MAY </b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6276;left:169">7—Cuff Train </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6296;left:150">9—Joan Bromage </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6317;left:137">11—Susannah Jones</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6338;left:153">19—Anne Welles </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6358;left:158">26—Sam Felton </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6379;left:152">29—Doris Walton </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:6409;left:150">Wedding </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6445;left:106">Anniversaries </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:6492;left:203"><b>MAY </b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6513;left:100">7—Elizabeth and John Hewlett </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6534;left:99">19—Wanda and Steve Fernald </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:6173;left:409"><b>MDI MUSICAL EVENINGS </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:6205;left:409">A couple of months ago we started a monthly series of infor-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6225;left:409">mal MDI Musical Evenings.  We&#39;d love to have you join us if </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6246;left:409">you are interested and able! The format we&#39;ve followed so far </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6267;left:409">is to devote the first hour to (informal) group singing and then </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6287;left:409">have a guest musician play for us. The first month, we sang </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6308;left:409">madrigals and Stephen Sampson played Schubert and Chopin.  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6329;left:409">Last month, we sang Celtic songs and Sam Dunlap played </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6350;left:409">classical guitar. The program for the next several months is </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6370;left:409">shown below. Music is supplemented by socializing - aided </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6391;left:409">by pot-luck desserts, wine and other beverages.  We intend for </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6412;left:409">the evenings to rotate around MDI &amp; different hosts. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6443;left:409">If you would like to be included in the e-mail list for these </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6463;left:409">evenings, please let us know. If you are able to join us for the </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6484;left:409">get-togethers, this would be wonderful!  (It would help us if </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6505;left:409">you would let us know if you plan to attend - but this is not </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6525;left:409">critical; these evenings are not &#39;over-organized&#39; - show up if </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6546;left:409">you can.) </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6567;left:409">Thanks,  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6587;left:409">Peter Vaux</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6620;left:409">Looking ahead, here are the plans for the upcoming months - </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6640;left:409">please mark your calendars for the following Fridays! </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6665;left:409"><b>April 29 </b>(7:00 - 9:00) hosted by Sydney Roberts Rockefeller.  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6682;left:409">Our musical theme is <i>Spirituals</i>.  We&#39;ll be joined by Rebecca </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6702;left:409">Edgecomb (who played for St. John’s on Easter Sunday). </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6727;left:409"><b>May 20 </b>- Theme: Songs of the Sea (including sea shanties by </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6744;left:409">Skip Fraley).  Hosts: Beth &amp; Joe Renault (Somesville). </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6768;left:409"><b>June 24 </b>- Guest musicians: Bill Myers (cello) and Julia Mor-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6785;left:409">ris Myers (piano).  Location - tba </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6809;left:409"><b>July 22 </b>- Theme: Harpsichords - the art of building them and </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6826;left:409">their music.  Hosts: Steve and Mary Ann Mahoney </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6847;left:409">(Somesville)</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6872;left:409"><b>August 26 </b>(provisional date) - Guest musician - Bill Hawley</div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:6902;left:409"><i>For more information, please contact Peter Vaux, Susan Buell</i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6919;left:409"><i>(<a href="mailto:scovino@prexar.com" target="_blank">scovino@prexar.com</a>) or Stephen Sampson(<a href="mailto:stephen.sampson@jax.org" target="_blank">stephen.sampson@jax.<WBR>org</a>)</i></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:6943;left:409"><b>LENTEN ALMS INGATHERING </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:6974;left:409">We prayed.  We fasted.  This Lent our prayers and fasting </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6993;left:409">became alms. Now with joy we celebrate God&#39;s immense </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7012;left:409">generosity by raising Jesus Christ from the grave and </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7031;left:409">making all things new!  It&#39;s Easter and Lent has done it&#39;s </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7050;left:409">work!  Let us gather our alms as a congregation--so that </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7069;left:409">our prayers, fasting, and alms may benefit our Island </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7088;left:409">neighbors-in-need.  Bring your alms to church this Easter </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7107;left:409">season, and together with St. Saviour&#39;s we will designate their use </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7126;left:409">to the ministries of the Westside and Bar Harbor Food Pantries.  As </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7145;left:409">God has been generous with you, be generous with your neighbors!  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7164;left:409">Make checks payable to &quot;St. Andrew &amp; St. John Church.&quot;  On the </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7183;left:409">memo line: &quot;Lenten Alms.&quot; Thank you.  May God receive the </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7202;left:409">glory and his people benefit! </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:6619;left:58"><b>BISHOP’S BLEND COFFEE </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:6645;left:58">For several years we have had Bishops Blend </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6666;left:58">coffee and tea available for sale.  As sales have</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6686;left:58">been slow, we’ve decided not to purchase it for </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6707;left:58">individual sales, though St. Andrew &amp; St. John </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6728;left:58">made a small profit on each bag.  It’s easy and </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6748;left:58">quick for you to purchase online by going to </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6769;left:58">the website <font color="#0000ff" face="Times"><a href="http://www.er-d.org" target="_blank">www.er-d.org</a></font>, where you will find </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6790;left:58">a link to Pura Vida.  Their coffee is Fair Trade </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6811;left:58">Certified, they donate 15% of all sales to ERD, </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6831;left:58">and shipping is free for orders over $30.  We’ll </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6852;left:58">continue to purchase Bishops Blend from Pura </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6873;left:58">Vida in bulk to use for coffee hours and other </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6893;left:58">events.  </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:6943;left:59"><b>COME HOME FOR SUPPER </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:6971;left:59">Save the NEW DATE!  On FRIDAY, JUNE 3,</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6992;left:59">You and all island-wide Episcopalians are in-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7012;left:59">vited to the second mutual “Come Home for </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7033;left:59">Supper”—a time to share good food &amp; friend-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7054;left:59">ship in small groups at the homes of parishion-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7075;left:59">ers from each church.  Sign up on Sundays, </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7095;left:59">May 8, 15, or 22. Or call Rita Redfield 244-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7116;left:59">4025, Elaine Theriault 244-946l, or Ida Smal-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7137;left:59">lidge 244-7266.  Think about hosting—it’s </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7157;left:59">fun, and easy when your guests help with the </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7178;left:59">food!  See you there! </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:7361;left:58"><b>WIND AND MUSIC</b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:7393;left:58">While the airflow that carries Greta’s music is electri-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7413;left:58">cally generated, manual pumping was the standard </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7434;left:58">method for many centuries.  The history of organ </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7455;left:58">blowers goes back to the Middle Ages.  Images in </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7475;left:58">psalters and other Middle Age manuscripts show small </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7496;left:58">organs that in some cases are blown by the player&#39;s left </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7517;left:58">hand while the right plays a melody on the keys. More </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7538;left:58">often, a blower operates a pair of bellows that appear </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7558;left:58">to be connected directly to the wind-chest, a set-up </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7579;left:58">that required skill to ensure steady airflow.  Larger </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7600;left:58">instruments are shown being pumped by a number of </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7620;left:58">blowers whose efforts seem to have required co-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7641;left:58">ordination by the players. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7682;left:58">When German and Dutch builders began to construct </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7703;left:58">large organs in the seventeenth and eighteenth centu-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7724;left:58">ries, wind production did not keep pace technically </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7745;left:58">with other aspects of the art – the solution was to in-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7765;left:58">crease the size and number of bellows.  Contemporary </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7786;left:58">woodcuts show provision for six or eight blowers, op-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7807;left:58">erating handles, pedals and occasionally mangle-like </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7827;left:58">wheels.  The provision of copious reservoirs allowed </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7848;left:58">some flexibility in their quickness of response to vary-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7869;left:58">ing demands. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7910;left:58">Well into the last century, most churches and concert </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7931;left:58">halls relied on a single blower - usually male - to work </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7951;left:58">a handle up and down, with a &quot;tell tale&quot; to regulate </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7972;left:58">their efforts. Reminiscences of past players show that </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7993;left:58">difficulties often arose. Blowers could be inattentive </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8014;left:58">and erratic in attendance, resulting in failure of the </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8034;left:58">wind supply.  Tales abound of blowers who arbitrarily </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8055;left:58">limited the number of verses sung in each hymn and </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8076;left:58">who refused to pump for tunes they disliked. Friction </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8096;left:58">was often greatest when the blower, normally hidden </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8117;left:58">from view behind the organ, slipped out of the vestry </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8138;left:58">door during the sermon and retired to house or tavern </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8158;left:58">for a refreshing glass of beer. Not infrequently, this </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8179;left:58">resulted in abandonment of the last hymn and conclud-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8200;left:58">ing voluntary. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8241;left:58">The pleasure of organ playing was spoiled for the Vic-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8262;left:58">torian E.J. Hopkins by the knowledge that it could be </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8283;left:58">achieved only by &quot;the toil and exhaustion of fellow-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8303;left:58">beings&quot; who operated the bellows. Those who shared </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8324;left:58">this view seem to have been greatly outnumbered by </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8345;left:58">those whose pleasure was ruined by the cost and unre-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8365;left:58">liability of human organ-blowers. Attempts to replace </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8386;left:58">people with mechanical devices go back to the early </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7362;left:463">history of the instrument.  Two thousand years ago, </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7383;left:463">both Marcus Vetruvius Pollio, the Roman architect, </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7403;left:463">and Hero, the Greek mathematician, wrote independ-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7424;left:463">ently about this instrument; knowledge of both the in-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7445;left:463">strument and writings then disappeared during the </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7465;left:463">Dark Ages. When Renaissance scholars attempted to </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7486;left:463">interpret fragments of these descriptions, interpreta-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7507;left:463">tions varied greatly.  One school of thought held that </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7528;left:463">an organ blown by water-power had existed, and an-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7548;left:463">other that sound had somehow been produced by forc-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7569;left:463">ing water through organ pipes. The discovery in the </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7590;left:463">1880s of a clay model at Carthage, and of the remains </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7610;left:463">of a hydraulus near Budapest half a century later, con-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7631;left:463">firmed views of an instrument, manually blown with </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7652;left:463">something resembling a huge bicycle pump, and hav-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7672;left:463">ing a wind-reservoir that floated on water to equalize </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7693;left:463">pressure.  Our history of methods of organ blowing </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7714;left:463">will continue in the next Net Tender.</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7734;left:463">Stephen Sampson </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:7773;left:463">Adapted from a history of organ blowers by David Bridgeman-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7790;left:463">Sutton, on the website of the Rieger Pipe Organ in the Christ-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7808;left:463">church Town Hall, New Zealand (<font color="#0000ff" face="Times"><a href="http://www.nzorgan.com/" target="_blank">http://www.nzorgan.com/</a></font></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:7825;left:463">vandr/blowers.htm<font color="#000000" face="Times">).  </font></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:7874;left:463"><b>A PIECE OF </b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7905;left:463"><b>ROOT </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:7936;left:463">This staff, shepherd&#39;s crook, or </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7957;left:463">as someone said, Jesse&#39;s rod, </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7978;left:463">was found in the woods several </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7998;left:463">years ago by Chris Peterson. I </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8019;left:463">think he said it was a root that</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8040;left:463">he had dug up.  Chris gave it to </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8061;left:463">me because the shape was so </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8081;left:463">striking.  He knew we love to </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8102;left:463">decorate the church using natu-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8123;left:463">ral materials. At first the root </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8143;left:463">was very heavy, and I couldn&#39;t </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8164;left:463">figure out how to use it.  Fi-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8185;left:463">nally, the wood dried out.   Dur-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8205;left:463">ing Lent, I found a way to dis-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8226;left:463">play it. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8246;left:463">Susan Covino Buell</div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:8279;left:463"><b>UPCOMING EVENSONGS AT </b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8307;left:463"><b>ST. JOHN’S—5:30 </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:8338;left:463"><b>May 23 </b>to honor Frances Perkins whose Feast Day is </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8355;left:463">May 13  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8380;left:463"><b>June 2 </b>Island-wide Pentecostal celebration </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8397;left:463">(Optional: Arrive at 5:00 to practice) </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:9613;left:455">8 </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:8549;left:45">The Net Tender - </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:8560;left:281">May 2011</div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:8594;left:93">St. Andrew &amp; St. John Episcopal Church </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:8624;left:45">315 Main Street ● P.O. Box 767 ● Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8639;left:45">Phone: Church Office 207-244-3229 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8655;left:45">E-mail: <b><a href="mailto:saints315@myfairpoint.net" target="_blank">saints315@myfairpoint.net</a> </b>/ website: <b><a href="http://www.saintsmdi.org" target="_blank">www.saintsmdi.org</a> </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:8674;left:45"><b>Office Hours: </b>Monday · Tuesday · Thursday, 8:30 a.m.—2:30 p.m.</div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:9151;left:139"><b>INSIDE: </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:9168;left:68">Anniversaries/Birthdays</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9168;left:251">6 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9185;left:68">Come Home for Supper</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9185;left:251">6</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9202;left:68">Design and Construction</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9202;left:251">4 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9220;left:68">Easter Sunday</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9220;left:251">1 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9237;left:68">Evensong </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9237;left:251">7</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9254;left:68">Forums</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9254;left:251">5 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9271;left:68">Garage/Estate Sale </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9271;left:251">4 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9289;left:68">Green Thing</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9289;left:251">3 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9306;left:68">Lenten Alms</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9306;left:251">6 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9323;left:68">MDI Musical Evenings</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9323;left:251">6 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9340;left:68">Quietside Festival </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9340;left:251">4</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9358;left:68">Sr. Warden’s Musings</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9358;left:251">2 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9375;left:68">Thanks You</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9375;left:227">3/5/8 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9392;left:68">Treasurer’s Report</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9392;left:251">4 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9409;left:68">Who Am I?</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9409;left:239">2/4 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9426;left:68">Wind and Music </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9426;left:251">7</div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:8729;left:45"><b>Priest Associate </b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8744;left:45">Emily Blair Stribling </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8768;left:45"><b>Parish Administrator </b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8783;left:45">Michele Daley  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8808;left:45"><b>Music Director</b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8823;left:45">Stephen Sampson </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8848;left:45"><b>Editors </b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8862;left:45">Mary Vekasi </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8883;left:45">Susan Buell </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:9482;left:59">If you no longer wish to receive the</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9499;left:59">Net Tender or prefer to receive it by  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9516;left:59">e-mail, please call the church office. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9558;left:100">Deadline for articles for  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9575;left:87">June Net Tender is May 27</div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:9573;left:250">th</div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:9143;left:328"><b>THANK YOU FOR SHARING  </b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9174;left:328"><b>EASTER DINNER </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:9205;left:333">Over 175 Easter Dinners were distributed through the </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9226;left:328">Westside Food Pantry and Bar Harbor Food Pantry net-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9247;left:328">works.  This annual project led by St. Saviour&#39;s with </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9267;left:328">assistance from St. Andrew and St. John allowed many of </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9288;left:328">our neighbors-in-need to share our joy this Easter of the Risen Christ.  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9309;left:328">God&#39;s generous gift of his Son makes all things new and is the highest </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9330;left:328">celebration of Christians everywhere.  The makings for this Easter Day </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9350;left:328">dinner were gathered and packed in Bar Harbor and approximately 125 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9371;left:328">baskets were distributed from the Southwest Harbor Fire House on Satur-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9392;left:328">day, April 23</div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:9389;left:424">rd</div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:9392;left:438">by volunteers of the Westside Food Pantry under the able </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9412;left:328">leadership of Susan Allen.  Thank you to the many who responded to our </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9433;left:328">appeal to provide food stuffs for the dinners and to the anonymous donor </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9454;left:328">who supplied the 110 roasting chickens.  Your generous response made </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9474;left:328">this a true &quot;feast&quot; day! </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9494;left:328">Dean Henry and Susan Buell</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9517;left:328">for the Westside Food Pantry Ministry </div>
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